Hi all
I’m just updating with the discount code that Epic Nail have kindly given to me to share with you all!
If you go to www.epicnail.com.au and purchase anything, use coupon code “BLOGDESERT” for FREE SHIPPING!!! What an awesome way to try out heaps of their range!
This coupon will be valid until 28th February.
Happy shopping!
Em
This post has been a long time coming and for that, I apologise. After working for myself for the past year and a half I leapt back into part time work as well as working for myself and then complicated things further by starting ANOTHER job! And then it was Christmas and New Year, I got more hours at one of my jobs because someone quit and yadiyadiyada. The result is my life being eat, work, sleep and repeat.
Anywho, enough of my whingeing. I truly am happy with how things are at the moment 
I got some nail foils to review from Epic Nails. Now, I’ve never used nail foils before. Silly me assumed that they were like full nail stickers in that you applied the glue, pressed the foil on and then trimmed it and top coated it. WRONG!
It’s a little more complicated than that. I painted my nails with the glue provided by Epic Nail and waited for it to dry and become tacky. I tried a few different lengths of time and found that 3-4 minutes was plenty. I had pre-cut strips of the foil to lay on my nail and applied them and then used a cuticle stick to rub the foil onto my nail. The foil actually separates from a plastic layer on the back of it and sticks to your nail!
I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t a piece of cake. I chose to layer mine over an existing polish (Love Thy Polish A Beautiful Mistake) so it was a little more forgiving if I missed spots.
So you place the piece of foil (design side down) on your nail and rub, rub, rub. Make sure you get the corners and sides!
I ended up with this:
Pretty cute, right? I did miss some spots but using a base colour meant they didn’t stick out like a sore thumb.
These were SO sparkly and eye catching. I couldn’t stop looking at them! The design is so cute!
I’ve heard that the tacky layer that you get after applying gel polish and before you wipe it off with alcohol is perfect to stick foils to. Unfortunately I couldn’t test this out because I don’t have a decent gel polish kit 
I bought one last year and it was pretty cheap and crappy and ended up damaging my natural nails because it was so difficult to remove!! Anywho, after speaking to a few friends they assure me that using gel polish is the way to go when applying foils, so give it a go!
If you want to buy some Epic Nail foils that are truly epic, you can get them from Epic Nail. They also have a Facebook page. They have kits available if you’re just starting or you can buy the foils separately. They have heaps of cool designs and also stock loads of other products.
I will have a discount code for Nails in the Desert readers soon so stay tuned and you can get a pretty epic discount on Epic Nail stuff 
Hope you’ve enjoyed this post
Em
